Get to know Anabasis better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Anabasis in a sentence
Anabasis meaning
- A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
- The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
Using Anabasis
- The main meaning on this page is: A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia. | The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
- In the example corpus, anabasis often appears in combinations such as: the anabasis.
Context around Anabasis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anabasis
- In this selection, "anabasis" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, continue, executed, sea, alexandri, xenophon and describes stand out and add context to how "anabasis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a question anabasis 3 1 and and executed anabasis 2 5. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anabasis" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anabasis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri ). (15 words)
They then made their way westward back to Greece via Chrysopolis (Anabasis 6.3.16). (15 words)
In The Anabasis, Xenophon describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality in around 401 BC. (17 words)
They elected new leaders, including Xenophon himself, and fought their way north along the Tigris through hostile Persians and Medes to Trapezus on the coast of the Black Sea (Anabasis 4.8.22). (33 words)
He spent the next ten years on his anabasis through the eastern parts of his domain and restoring rebellious vassals like Parthia and Greco-Bactria to at least nominal obedience. (30 words)
Shortly thereafter, Clearchus was invited to a peace conference, where, alongside four other generals and many captains, he was betrayed and executed (Anabasis 2.5.31–32). (27 words)
Example sentences (11)
At Tarsus the soldiers became aware of Cyrus's plans to depose the king, and as a result, refused to continue (Anabasis 1.3.1).
He spent the next ten years on his anabasis through the eastern parts of his domain and restoring rebellious vassals like Parthia and Greco-Bactria to at least nominal obedience.
His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri ).
In The Anabasis, Xenophon describes many aspects of Armenian village life and hospitality in around 401 BC.
Relationship with Socrates Xenophon was a student of Socrates, and their personal relationship is evident through a direct conversation between the two in Xenophon’s Anabasis.
Shortly thereafter, Clearchus was invited to a peace conference, where, alongside four other generals and many captains, he was betrayed and executed (Anabasis 2.5.31–32).
They elected new leaders, including Xenophon himself, and fought their way north along the Tigris through hostile Persians and Medes to Trapezus on the coast of the Black Sea (Anabasis 4.8.22).
They then made their way westward back to Greece via Chrysopolis (Anabasis 6.3.16).
When Xenophon returned to Athens and told Socrates of the oracle's advice, Socrates chastised him for asking so disingenuous a question (Anabasis 3.1.5–7).
Xenophon 's Anabasis describes a group of Spartan soldiers in 400–399 BC singing to Poseidon a paean —a kind of hymn normally sung for Apollo.
Xenophon’s military activity with these Spartans marks the final episodes of the Anabasis (Books 6–7).
Common combinations with anabasis
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: